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materials

Get course materials and resources

How to control materials ↓

What materials does on Moodle Connector

AI agents call materials to retrieve information from Moodle Connector without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

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Why materials needs a policy

This tool retrieves educational content (course materials and resources) from Moodle without any side effects, creation, modification, or deletion of data. It is a straightforward read operation typical of a course management query, presenting minimal security risk.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'materials' with description 'Get course materials and resources' indicates a retrieval operation with no modification or destructive capability.

Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access materials gives an agent:

How to control materials

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Moodle Connector, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for materials:

policy.json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "materials": {}
  }
}

materials is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

  1. Create a free account and register Moodle Connector — nothing to install.
  2. Add this policy — paste it, or build it visually.
  3. Point your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, anything) at your gateway URL.
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Questions about materials

What does the materials tool do? +

Get course materials and resources. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Moodle Connector MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on materials? +

Register the Moodle Connector MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for materials: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Moodle Connector. Nothing to install.

What risk level is materials? +

materials is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit materials? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the materials rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.

How do I block materials completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for materials. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.

What MCP server provides materials? +

materials is provided by the Moodle Connector MCP server (jabir-srj/moodle-connector). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

Enforce policy on every Moodle Connector tool call.

Start from Moodle Connector, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.

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